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To: doorgunner69
One of my TBS classmates had a photo of his CH-47 that he flew as an army Warrant Officer in Vietnam. The shaft between the two rotors failed just as he was flying over the narrow peak of a mountain and it landed exactly on the peak with two shattered rotors.

Frickin' miracle!

41 posted on 06/23/2022 12:34:44 PM PDT by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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To: Chainmail

I was onboard the helo shown in the pics. luckily we were only a few feet up.

Dumb ass pilot decided to be cute and pivot around on a small pad with the lead bird sitting there already unloading the MIA into the field hospital.

The crash landing was bad, but the shaking as it tore apart was worse. But, it did set down right there.


54 posted on 06/23/2022 3:27:02 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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